'Sustainable urban living...working, sleeping, playing, running, laughing.…

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A public talk by Nicole Lauenstein, Architect, urban design and planning. This talk, entitled 'Sustainable urban living...working, sleeping, playing, running, laughing...in Christchurch again...a new process', formed part of the Plenary Three session, 'Designing the future'.

Heritage guide for Delivery Teams

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A guideline created for SCIRT Delivery Teams which outlines the requirements for working around heritage items.

New Zealand Geomechanics News Magazine June 2013 Article - Retaining Walls…

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A magazine article which outlines the observations of engineers working on SCIRT retaining wall and ground improvement projects.

Shermine Kwok Photograph 30

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A photograph of street art on a brick wall on Colombo Street. Two artists can be seen working on scaffolding on the right.

RAD Bikes Photograph 2013:10:27 12:01:24

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A photograph of two men working on a bike inside the RAD Bikes bike shed on Gloucester Street, during a workshop as part of FESTA 2013.

RAD Bikes Photograph 2013:10:27 12:01:11

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A photograph of a young man working on a bike inside the RAD Bikes bike shed on Gloucester Street, during a workshop as part of FESTA 2013.

RAD Bikes Photograph 2013:10:27 12:01:03

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A photograph of a young man working on a bike inside the RAD Bikes bike shed on Gloucester Street, during a workshop as part of FESTA 2013.

Photograph by Jennifer Middendorf 324

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A tribute left on the cordon fence around the CTV Building site. The card shows a photograph of rescuers working on the CTV site, and reads, "Some of the guys who found you!! Thank you!".

Agropolis Photograph 2013:10:28 15:05:04

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A photograph of people working at Agropolis, an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Organic waste from inner-city hospitality businesses is composted and used to grow food. Agropolis was the venue for several events throughout FESTA 2013.

Agropolis Photograph 2013:10:25 15:36:31

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A photograph of people working at Agropolis before the public launch event during FESTA 2013. Agropolis is an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Organic waste from inner-city hospitality businesses is composted and used to grow food.

Agropolis Photograph 2013:10:25 15:35:40

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A photograph of people working at Agropolis before the public launch event during FESTA 2013. Agropolis is an urban farm on the corner of High Street and Tuam Street. Organic waste from inner-city hospitality businesses is composted and used to grow food.

Fairfax Video, October 2013 (1)

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A video of an interview with Prime Minister John Key about several topical issues. One of these issues is the housing crisis in Christchurch. Key talks about fast tracking the release of land in Christchurch, making sure there are enough resources in the city for building, and working with the Christchurch City Council around consenting. He also talks about the possibility of the National Party winning the Christchurch East by-election.

Fairfax Video, February 2013 (7)

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A video of an interview with John Turner, owner of Ambience Tiling, about the restoration of the tiles in New Regent Street. Turner talks about working with SCE Stone & Design, who sent the sample tiles to China where they were machine replicated. The tiles took six to eight weeks to arrive, with about 10,500 new tiles produced. The video also includes an interview with Iain Taylor, a tiler at Ambience Tiling, about the retiling process.